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California’s cities are getting ready for the next major earthquake – Los Angeles is set to have the toughest earthquake safety standards in the whole nation, while Santa Monica is about to take on a massive retrofitting effort.
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The interest rate on 30-year mortgages began to rise in late 2016, and as a result, California’s homeownership rate is bound to lose steam before it can fully recover to pre-recession levels. Fewer homeowners naturally translate to more rente...

The short answer is No. The Second District Court of Appeal has maintained that while creating affordable housing in California is an important matter and that housing density bonuses do apply in coastal zones, the Coastal Act supersedes these ...

Adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) rates have increased going into 2017 with the average rate for a 5/1 ARM climbing to 3.32 percent in January up from 3.28 percent the previous year. This is due in part to the Federal Reserve’s move to rai...

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) estimates that there are 46,874 homeless individuals in the county. The number of people sleeping on the streets, in parks, in cars and other locations in the City of Angels increased by 11 pe...